Jores Okore

[Ads]

One thing that just occurred to me, didn't he try and 'run it off' on Saturday?  Not looking for a stick to beat the club with here, but couldn't that have made things worse? 

The physio cannot run on with an MRI scanner can he? If the guy is such a beast that he thinks he can run it off and tells the physio to give him five, then what is he supposed to do?

[Rigadon]

One thing that just occurred to me, didn't he try and 'run it off' on Saturday?  Not looking for a stick to beat the club with here, but couldn't that have made things worse? 

The physio cannot run on with an MRI scanner can he? If the guy is such a beast that he thinks he can run it off and tells the physio to give him five, then what is he supposed to do?

No, Ads, he can't do that.  But they are highly trained sports doctors, not magic-sponge merchants these days.  Like I said, I'm not looking to have a go but if it's a cruciate I'd expect the doctor to know the signs and err on the side of caution.   

[stubbsyandy]

Get well soon Jores, we know you are going to be a key player in years to come and you will have the support of the whole Villa family behind you in the meantime

[paul_e]

One thing that just occurred to me, didn't he try and 'run it off' on Saturday?  Not looking for a stick to beat the club with here, but couldn't that have made things worse? 

The physio cannot run on with an MRI scanner can he? If the guy is such a beast that he thinks he can run it off and tells the physio to give him five, then what is he supposed to do?

No, Ads, he can't do that.  But they are highly trained sports doctors, not magic-sponge merchants these days.  Like I said, I'm not looking to have a go but if it's a cruciate I'd expect the doctor to know the signs and err on the side of caution.   

Given the injury that's reported the simple answer is no it won't have had any effect for him to carry on for a few minutes, it definitely won't have changed it from a few weeks out to the 6-9months we're looking at.  Someone mentioned before it's actually not that painful when you do it (the swelling you get is sore but it's only uncomfortable).  The swelling actually masks the injury somewhat, as it goes down you realise more that you've done something more serious, it took me 5 days (I think, it was 16 years ago) to go to the hospital because of that.

[Rigadon]

One thing that just occurred to me, didn't he try and 'run it off' on Saturday?  Not looking for a stick to beat the club with here, but couldn't that have made things worse? 

The physio cannot run on with an MRI scanner can he? If the guy is such a beast that he thinks he can run it off and tells the physio to give him five, then what is he supposed to do?

No, Ads, he can't do that.  But they are highly trained sports doctors, not magic-sponge merchants these days.  Like I said, I'm not looking to have a go but if it's a cruciate I'd expect the doctor to know the signs and err on the side of caution.   

Given the injury that's reported the simple answer is no it won't have had any effect for him to carry on for a few minutes, it definitely won't have changed it from a few weeks out to the 6-9months we're looking at.  Someone mentioned before it's actually not that painful when you do it (the swelling you get is sore but it's only uncomfortable).  The swelling actually masks the injury somewhat, as it goes down you realise more that you've done something more serious, it took me 5 days (I think, it was 16 years ago) to go to the hospital because of that.

Fair enough then.  It's a real shame for the kid, hope he comes back the same player. 

[danlanza]

Nasty injury for the lad and a big blow for the team.
Get better soon Jores, we sort of need you you know.

[UK Redsox]

One thing that just occurred to me, didn't he try and 'run it off' on Saturday?  Not looking for a stick to beat the club with here, but couldn't that have made things worse? 

The physio cannot run on with an MRI scanner can he? If the guy is such a beast that he thinks he can run it off and tells the physio to give him five, then what is he supposed to do?

They need to buy one of these from eBay

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Please stop suggesting we sign Gallas. It'll never happen and also, he's not very good.

[Damo70]

I don't think the knee necessarily gives way completely straight away. I seem to remember Gazza playing on in the cup final. Not for long though, admittedly.

[Lee]

This is exactly why I thought we should have signed another centre half (and a playmaker). Sorry, none of our other options are particularly convincing. What shocking luck.

Said the same myself. I was actually dumbfounded that after last years struggles, that we would still be in a position where Ciaran Clark is first choice CB. Baker is better for me, but is more injury prone. I was hoping that Okore would develop into the real deal and shore us up.

[PeterWithe]

Same here, I was convinced another experienced defender would have been signed, ah well.

[UK Redsox]

I can'#t think of any decent centre-halves that are available, but how about Chris Baird as general defensive cover ?

[ozzjim]

My biggest reason for going for Gallas would be the fragility of Vlaar and Baker. Either, or both are injury concerns. Getting another in would be wise IMO.

[Clampy]

My biggest reason for going for Gallas would be the fragility of Vlaar and Baker. Either, or both are injury concerns. Getting another in would be wise IMO.

The problem though at 36 Gallas might well pick up his fair share of injuries as well. I agree though, another centre half coming in would be the sensible thing to do.

[Rioch is King]

Terrible news about Okore no question he will be badly missed. Maybe someone has already mentioned it but he wasn't actually playing in the one game we've won so far this season. So maybe the other guys aren't as crap as some are making out?